The biggest news this week was at long last the announcement of Google's Gemini. Be sure to check that out. Note that what is being rolled out now is only Gemini Pro, the Gemini Ultra model that could rival GPT-4 is not yet available.

It does not seem I am doing a good job cutting down on included material fast enough to keep pace. A lot is happening, but a lot will likely be happening for a long time. If your time is limited, remember to focus on the sections relevant to your interests.

Also, if you are going to be at the New York Solstice or the related meetup, please do say hello.

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My other post today covers Google's Gemini. Be sure to read that.

I also put out two other posts this week: Based Beff Jezos and the Accelerationists, and On [...]

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Outline:

(00:42) Language Models Offer Mundane Utility

(05:57) Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility

(08:38) OpenAI: The Saga Continues

(15:01) Q Continuum

(18:04) Fun with Image Generation

(20:08) Get Involved

(20:47) Introducing

(22:01) In Other AI News

(24:21) Quiet Speculations

(28:29) Model This

(37:28) Would You Like Some Volcano Apocalypse Insurance?

(38:58) The Quest for Sane Regulations

(53:02) The Week in Audio

(53:11) Rhetorical Innovation

(01:01:43) Aligning a Human Level Intelligence Is Still Difficult

(01:04:38) Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult

(01:08:54) How Timelines Have Changed

(01:10:29) People Are Worried About AI Killing Everyone

(01:12:54) Other People Are Not As Worried About AI Killing Everyone

(01:25:14) Somehow This Is The Actual Vice President

(01:31:24) The Lighter Side

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